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The training floor at 838 Strength and Fitness in Monroe, CT, where every member starts with a movement screen

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Functional Movement Screen in Monroe, CT

Before the First Rep, We Screen How You Move

Your first session is complimentary. A movement screen, an InBody body scan and a strategy session that becomes the roadmap for your program.

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Free

No Cost to Start

Day 1

Every Member

3

Prong Approach

InBody

Body Composition

WHAT IT IS

A Roadmap, Not a Workout

We start every member on day one with a functional movement screen and a strategy session, and we use that — along with what we learn from your intake — to tell you exactly how we'll build everything into your individualized workouts.

Signing-on for personal training, is the initial step in reaching your short and long-term fitness and health goals. Everyone has their own reasons for hiring a certified trainer, we want to know what brought you in, and what your goals are. Having a clearer objective in mind, will help me to develop the best possible fitness and training program.

We also have an InBody so we do monthly check-in, circumference measurements, and do a nutritional check-in.

Start and bottom positions of the overhead squat assessment at 838 Strength and Fitness

Overhead Squat Assessment

Left and right shoulder mobility test during the Functional Movement Screen at 838 Strength and Fitness

Shoulder Mobility

Same person, two sides. See the gap? That's what we screen for.

Active Straight Leg Raise

We test one leg at a time. When one side moves differently from the other, that imbalance goes straight into your program.

An 838 Strength and Fitness member showing his InBody body composition results

Real Photo. Real Results.

Monthly InBody check-ins, not guesswork.

WHY IT MATTERS

What the Screen Tells Us

Where Your Imbalances Are

The screen breaks down the muscle imbalances in your body and provides a roadmap to designing a workout specific to your goals and needs.

Where You're Starting From

The InBody scale gives us an accurate starting point to measure your body's progress, including body fat, muscle mass and metabolic rate.

What You Can Train Around

A health history review means your program is planned in the safest and most efficient way for you.

YOUR FIRST VISIT

Everyone Starts the Same Way

Who it's for

Every new member, whichever program they end up choosing. It is also the right first step if you are not yet sure whether semi-private or 1-on-1 training suits you, or if you are nervous about returning to a gym after an injury.

What to expect

You'll fill out a health history questionnaire, step on the InBody scale, go through the movement screen with a coach, and then sit down for the strategy session where we explain what it all means.

THE 3 PRONGS

Scan, History, Screen

01

Body Scan

Quickly and accurately measure body fat, muscle mass, and body water measurements as well as discover your body's metabolic rate.

02

Medical and Exercise History

You will be asked to fill out a health history questionnaire, which will help us make sure we have all necessary information to customize and plan your workouts in the safest and most efficient manner.

03

Movement Screen

This will help us assess and design a customized workout for your goals and more importantly, your body's needs.

Our individualized 3-prong approach will identify your specific fitness needs, and create an efficient and effective personal plan to achieve desired goals and results.

IN SESSION

The Screen in Action

Overhead squat assessment, start position, at 838 Strength and Fitness
Overhead squat assessment, bottom position, at 838 Strength and Fitness
Shoulder mobility test, left side, at 838 Strength and Fitness
Shoulder mobility test, right side, at 838 Strength and Fitness

QUESTIONS

Before Your First Visit

Signing-on for personal training, is the initial step in reaching your short and long-term fitness and health goals. Everyone has their own reasons for hiring a certified trainer, we want to know what brought you in, and what your goals are. Having a clearer objective in mind, will help me to develop the best possible fitness and training program. We start every member on day one with a functional movement screen and a strategy session.

FREE SESSION

Claim Your Screen and Strategy Session

It costs nothing, it takes one session, and you walk out knowing exactly what your program would be.

The intake assessment/ orientation made me feel comfortable that they listened to my goals and help create some new ones along the way.

Ross Mannuzza, Google review